Remember when Marco Rubio was out on the campaign trail taunting Donald Trump about his penis size and saying he couldn’t be trusted with the nuclear codes? Well. At this point, Paul Ryan should take lessons from Rubio in how to handle the inevitable capitulation to pressure to back Trump. Rubio will be attending the Republican National Convention this summer, and if it would be helpful for him to speak in support of Trump, well:
"I want to be helpful. I don't want to be harmful, because I don't want Hillary Clinton to be president," Rubio told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview.
"Look, my policy differences with Donald Trump -- I spent 11 months talking about them. So I think they're well understood," Rubio said. "That said ... I don't want Hillary Clinton to be president. If there's something I can do to help that from happening, and it's helpful to the cause, I'd most certainly be honored to be considered for that."
In exchange for throwing away what had seemed to be his principles, Rubio got a nice little pat on the head from Donald Trump himself.
Once upon a time, Trump was no more a fan of “Little Marco” than Little Marco was of Trump, but this tweet is not coming from nowhere. The Republican establishment is urging Rubio to run for re-election to the Senate, since the current candidates to replace him aren’t looking too promising. And, despite a long list of reasons not to do it—including his big loss in the Florida presidential primary and poor approval ratings—Rubio seems to be softening. Then again, reversing position on whether to run for Senate again is nothing compared to the about-face he’s already pulled on supporting Trump.